Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide
DARPA seeks groundbreaking research proposals in information processing not covered by current or planned IPTO programs or solicitations.
Funder: DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office
Due Dates: June 22, 2027, 2:00 p.m. ET (Abstracts and questions) | By invitation (Full proposal deadline provided individually)
Funding Amounts: Multiple awards anticipated; no cost sharing or matching requirement listed on Grants.gov
Summary: Supports revolutionary information and computational research outside ongoing IPTO programs and other published solicitations.
Key Information: An abstract is required before a full proposal, and full proposals are accepted by invitation only.
Description
DARPA’s Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) uses this office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), HR001126S0011, to seek groundbreaking information science, technology development, and fundamentally new capabilities for national security. Its three primary thrusts are energy-efficient and trustworthy AI, inherently secure and private systems, and resilient megasystems such as interconnected supply chains and power grids. Ideas outside these thrusts may also be considered when they promise a decisive information or computational advantage for the United States and its allies.
The program seeks unconventional approaches that challenge accepted assumptions and radically change established practices, rather than primarily evolutionary improvements. Proposed work should not duplicate existing IPTO activities or respond to another published solicitation. IPTO encourages creative, agile approaches, including shorter periods of performance, and emphasizes resilient software, with formal methods as its preferred approach.
